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Deconstructing dolls : girlhoods and the meanings of play /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Forman-Brunell, Miriam, 1955- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
Subjects:
Dolls > Social aspects.
Play > Social aspects.
Girls.
Sex role in children.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Interrogating the meanings of dolls : new directions in doll studies / Miriam Forman-Brunell
  • Dolling up history : fictions of Jewish American girlhood / Lisa Marcus
  • "A story, exemplified in a series of figures" : paper doll versus moral tale in the nineteenth century / Hannah Field
  • From American girls into American women : a discussion of American girl doll nostalgia / Molly Brookfield
  • Barbie versus modulor ideal bodies, buildings, and typical users / Frederika Eilers
  • Handmade identities : girls, dolls and DIY / April RenĂ©e Mandrona
  • An afternoon of productive play with problematic dolls : the importance of foregrounding children's voices in research / Rebecca C. Hains
  • Some assembly required : black Barbie and the fabrication of Nicki Minaj / Jennifer Dawn Whitney
  • Black girls and dolls navigating race, class, and gender in Toronto / Janet Rosemarie Seo.